105. In the eyes of the law

yes he allegedly was, it doesn't matter one whit what anyone here thinks as far as whether he was right or wrong, what matters is what the UCMJ says, and the UCMJ classifies what he is accused of as a crime.
All the hand wringing isn't going to change that. If this young man is convicted, he's going to spend the rest of his life in a Fed. Supermax prison.